| Title: |
Robert Emmett McDonald
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| Local code: |
OH 57
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Series: |
Item 2 of Series Robert Emmett McDonald
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| Description: |
McDonald discusses the early years of Remington Rand in the computer business, including the management of Engineering Research Associates and Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company (acquisitions of Remington Rand), the rivalry between the two, their competition for funds, and their relations to the parent company. Other topics include the departure of ERA personnel to form Control Data Corporation; successful products; financial structure of Sperry Rand; collaboration with Bell Laboratories, Western Electric, and MIT on defense projects; Sperry's role in the 1969 IBM anti-trust case; and UNIVAC's involvement in the international market.
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| Extent: |
40 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=195
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1983 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
McDonald, Robert Emmett
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Document location: |
Minneapolis, MN
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| Document date: |
04-May-1983
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| Interviewer: |
Ross, James
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024006-25549
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